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The Earth sets over the lunar surface in this photograph taken by Artemis II astronauts
This Artemis II photograph is only hours old, but I predict it’s going to be legendary. Artemis II recreates iconic 1968 space photo with Earthset

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

MOON In one of the newest shots beamed back from Artemis II, the Earth and Moon appear to have swapped places as a “crescent” Earth rises over the lunar surface

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Artemis II launch seen from a plane nearby
"My favorite moonshot picture? It's the one that looks like it's taken with a drone, of course" – shot from surprisingly close to the Artemis II rocket by NASA's official Cessna...

By Adam Juniper Published

Opinion Did you know that NASA organizes a small plane to fly close to the rocket when it takes off? It gets THE BEST view!

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The Earthrise photo from Apollo 8 in 1968, cropped
Artemis II astronauts have 32 cameras aboard. But recreating one of the most famous space photos of all time will still be a challenge

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE Artemis II astronauts want to recreate one of the iconic space photos, but despite modern camera tech, timing and distance will make recreating the 1968 Earthrise a challenge

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NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard launches on the Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. The quartet launched at 6:35 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Yes, there are GoPros strapped to Orion. From smartphones to DSLRs, could Artemis II become one of the most photographed space flights in history?

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NASA At least 28 cameras are aboard the Orion for the Artemis II mission, including GoPros, DSLRs and a mirrorless camera

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A comparison shot of the 2024 image and 1999 image
Old tech can learn new tricks. Colorful comparison photos of Crab Nebula wouldn’t have been possible with newer telescopes, NASA says

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

ASTRO Images of the same colorful nebulae 25 years apart are a key example of why the Hubble Space Telescope's longevity matters

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City, navigation and phone with astronaut woman outdoor on planet earth for directions or space exploration. Memory, search and selfie with interstellar person in universe for adventure or photograph
The camera in your pocket was actually made to go to outer space. NASA explains how the sensor inside billions of devices was first developed for space missions

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NASA The inventor behind the sensor used in most modern imaging devices has received a major award

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A spiral galaxy with scale lines drawn on it.
"We've been waiting for this to happen." For the first time, NASA scientists detected what happens before a supernova explodes – and it's all thanks to old photos

By Alan Palazon Published

NEWS Researchers used James Webb Telescope images to identify the star, which went supernova 40 million years ago

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Little tortoises with genes of the Floreana Island giant tortoise species which were born in captivity, are fed in a breeding centre at the Galapagos National Park in Santa Cruz Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, located some 1,000 km off Ecuador's coast, on June 4, 2013. Experts will try to bring back in 2014 two species of the giant tortoise believed to be extint, the Chelonoidis abingdonii species of the Pinta Island (that of Lonesome George -- the last Pinta Island giant tortoise which died in June 2012) and the Chelonoidis elephantopus presumed extinct shortly after Charles Darwin's historic voyage there in 1835, as part of a captive breeding program directed towards resurrecting the species. Genes from recently extinct species can live on in mixed ancestry creatures. AFP PHOTO / RODRIGO BUENDIA (Photo credit should read RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)
NASA satellite data and aerial imagery played a huge role in reintroducing descendants of extinct species of giant tortoise back to Galápagos Islands

By Mike Harris Published

News For the first time in 180 years, ancestors of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise are reclaiming their ancestral homeland. But scientists required a cutting-edge tool to identify the ideal location for the release, and NASA satellite data and aerial imagery was a key component

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The NASA Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren
This NASA-made camera photographs the invisible – and the tech is based on an accessory photographers already use

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NASA Researchers at NASA have created a simpler camera system for visualizing wind – and it won an award

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A photograph of the Egg Nebula, a pre-planetary nebula, captured by he Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s new photo of this egg-shaped dying star is both art and science

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

SPACE Hubble has captured its clearest view yet of the closest pre-planetary nebula, dubbed Egg Nebula, a dying Sun-like star

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